U.S. states boost anti-trafficking laws but slow to help sex, labour slaves
States criminalise trafficking, but failing to help victims escape modern-day slavery and recover from the trauma
Nearly 50 dead in Syria air strikes on central province -monitor
Bombardment targeted Talbiseh, a town north of the city of Homs on the country's main north-south highway
"Forced labour" rife in Malaysian electronics factories - report
Nearly a third of workers in Malaysia's electronics industry suffer modern-day slavery conditions such as debt bondage
UN experts caution powers they must heed 'laws of war' in fighting IS
The rules of war embodied in the Geneva Conventions require warring sides to distinguish between military and civil objects
When women take the lead
Social enterprise is becoming a natural home for the female entrepreneur
NYC's women-only taxi service brakes for now
Five hundred female drivers needed before new service can launch
Kenya raising stakes of FGM with almost 50 cases in court - paper
Kenya is cracking down on FGM with the deployment of 20 prosecutors around the country
China to crackdown on trafficking in "foreign brides"
State-run China Daily says some Vietnamese women, duped by marriage brokers, forced into prostitution